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Round Lake Panthers
Coach Howard Kravets (2nd season)
Last year 4-23, 3-9 NSC Prairie
Key players lost F Jeff Nicoline,
Key players returning F Jon Martinez, sr., G Juddon Carter, soph., F Jake Paulsen, jr., F Nick Lange, jr., G Tim...
Updated: Nov 09, 2021 at 11:54 PM
"Have you seen and heard the kinglet? If not, the finer inner world of nature is a sealed book to you. When your senses take in the kinglet they will take in a thousand other objects that now escape you."
These words are from an essay by naturalist ...
Updated: Nov 09, 2021 at 11:07 PM
There are some things you simply must offer if you're going to hold a fall festival.
Pumpkin painting for one. Scarecrow decorating for another. You've gotta have face-painting, hayrides, entertainment, old-fashioned games and even those inflatable ...
Updated: Nov 09, 2021 at 10:06 AM
Last month's Midwest Birding Symposium in Ohio attracted slightly more than 800 bird nerds like me and many of the biggest names in the hobby - Kenn Kaufman, David Sibley, Scott Weidensaul, Bill Thompson and Julie Zickefoose among them.
Even Jane A...
Updated: Nov 09, 2021 at 09:55 AM
St. Edward junior Eric Winters braved the elements Tuesday to become a regional champion.
Winters shot a 4-over par 76 to best the field at the Class 1A Timothy Christian regional at Oak Brook Golf Course. With sophomore Michael Holevas carding a 79...
Updated: Nov 09, 2021 at 02:57 AM
My mother, naturally a loyal follower of Words on Birds, recently chided me about the term "life list." She said it seems to appear in all of my columns. I then reminded her that I'm a birder.
I'm also a reader, and this has been an exceptional yea...
Updated: Nov 08, 2021 at 08:18 PM
I'm no different than most birders - the thrill of discovery is a big motivator, and so is the satisfaction of building my life list.
I'll gladly visit the local sewage treatment plant if that's where the birds are. And sometimes that is where the ...
Updated: Nov 08, 2021 at 04:02 PM
Learning more about Eastern bluebirds has been on my to-do list for years. I've been keeping a file on the species, reading bits and pieces, but that's not the same as getting out there on the trail. So I finally popped the question: Will you take m...
Updated: Nov 08, 2021 at 08:03 AM
One of the things I like most about birding is the surprises. Like the hairy woodpecker that's been visiting my peanut feeder. It has two red spots on its head instead of one. I swear.
Also strange was seeing a pine siskin in my backyard on May 20....
Updated: Nov 07, 2021 at 07:13 PM
According to some financial advisers, the stock market crash and lingering recession mean that those of us who had hoped to retire at 60 or soon after now must work until we are 80. Ouch. By then my eyes and ears might not be so good, and I need the...
Updated: Nov 07, 2021 at 11:47 AM